WESTBOROUGH – Superintendent Marianne O’Connor took timeat Wednesday’s School Committee meeting to acknowledge that many parents are upset about a recent "sexting" involving three girls who attend Gibbons Middle School.

In January, Westborough Police were advised that three underage girls at Gibbons Middle School had taken inappropriate pictures of themselves with cell phones in November and that the photos wound up on social media sites.

A 15-year-old boy at Westborough High School who is accused of selling the photos to other students will be summoned to a juvenile court at a later date, police said.

"I know a lot of parents are curious about the disciplinary actions taken against the students, but unfortunately we are not able to discuss that," O’Connor said, citing policies which are meant to protect student privacy. "Because this incident took place outside of school, we must remain conscious of the school’s limits and responsibilities. We stress the importance of making good decisions and we are disappointed when good decisions are not made sometimes."

Committee Chairwoman Illyse Levine-Kanji said Gibbons students were unhappy by what they saw as being broadbrushed by the media.

"I think a lot of students at Gibbons were concerned about how they were being portrayed in the news, as if they all had problems," said Levine-Kanji. "They were wondering what they could do that was positive."

O’Connor said Westborough schools will offer additional instruction on the appropriate use of social media in the future. "It’s been dealt with, and we’re moving forward," she said about the incident.

New Jersey is currently considering legislation that would create mandatory classes for middle schoolers to teach them that inappropriate photos that hit the Internet can never be fully deleted, and can compromise college and employment opportunities and cause embarrassment for decades to come.